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HARRIS v. GULF REFINING COMPANY

No. 15853.

240 F.2d 249 (1957)

L. J. HARRIS, Appellant, v. GULF REFINING COMPANY and J. J. Bordelon, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 16, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Robertshaw, Greenville, Miss., William E. Robertson, Sarasota, Fla., Robertson & Robertson, Sarasota, Fla., of counsel, for appellant.

Forrest B. Jackson, Jackson, Miss., Charles S. Tindall, Jr., Greenville, Miss., Wynn, Hafter, Lake & Tindall, Greenville, Miss., of counsel, for appellees.

Before BORAH, TUTTLE and CAMERON, Circuit Judges.

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment on a directed verdict for defendants at the conclusion of plaintiff's case in a suit to recover damages for the destruction of plaintiff's motor cruiser in an explosion and fire allegedly caused by the negligence of one of the defendants or of his servant.

The following facts appear from plaintiff's evidence. In April 1952 plaintiff embarked on an extensive trip in his motor cruiser through the coastal...

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